keskeyttää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- abrupt adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
- break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- break off verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
- heckle verb To interrupt a speaker or performer with mocking comments or aggressive questions.
- intercept verb To stop or catch something before it reaches its destination.
- interpose verb To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
- interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
- pause verb To stop something briefly, intending to continue later.
- short adjective Not long in length, distance, or duration.
- suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.
Senses
keskeyttää is used for these senses in English:
- abrupt To interrupt suddenly. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
- break (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- break off (intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
- break off (transitive, slang, AAVE) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).
- bring up To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
- cut off (transitive) To stop providing funds or something else to (someone).
- cut off (transitive) To interrupt (someone speaking).
- drop out (intransitive, Of the ground, floor, snow, etc., or figuratively, a worldview or foundation) To cause someone to slip and/or fall down.
abort — full definition
- verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.
abrupt — full definition
- adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
- adj Blunt or curt in manner, verging on rude.
- adj Very steep, as if broken off sharply.